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Friday, August 26, 2011

My Little Paris

Don't tell me when you're a guest.

At someone's house you don't check out their perfumes and cosmetics. Ha! Bet you do. And their books? Naturalement when staying with French Girl I do the same. I was surprised to see two books I'd already bought to figure out the Frenchie ways - Parisian ChicandMy Little Paris! Fr Girl (who could not possibly be more Frenchie) is buying books about what the ultimate Parisian does, wears, says, bla bla bla? Granted WE all would love to be Frenchie.

We all would like to be delightfully Amelie or soigne Charlotte Gainsborg or tragique Isabel Adjani or

Or creme de la creme perfectly imperfect Ines de la Fressange. But SO DO FRENCH GIRLS.They're just like us! Who knew?

Yup, they want know how to wear a taffata bow in messy hair + designer sunglasses for that 'je ne sais quoi'look.

Or bows on their knee socks.

Like us, they hang out in front of patisserievitrine/windows.

My Little Paris book is a must have. It's written with Parisians in mind, not us. It dishes all the dirt on where to thread your eyebrows, fix up your apart super-Parisian, have dinner in a one-table resturant, pretend to be a connoisseur, attend a crazy trial (yep you read right), dress like a VIP, rediscover forgotten veggies, turn your kids into little Picassos, laugh out loud, be a guinea pig for a future 3-star-chef etc.

I personally would kill to pedal in a pool on page 26 - sigh

And secret outlet stores on page 55 - let me at em.

All highly secret info meant only for Parisians. You can get My Little Paris' newsletter delivered to your inbox. Circle the British flag at the top when you subscribe. Cheers, I'll be communing with mussels this weekend and shallot tart tatins. click here!

Ah! I wanna be a French girl too!! Did you manage to try a small dab of Fleurs D'Oranger perfume? I have tried to find it here in Australia but alas Non!Have a wonderful week-end Carol and Keep safe. xx

Very cute post, Carol - I like the illustrations in the book. Your illustrations are great, too. I love that classic Amelie shot.I hope that you have a safe weekend. It looks like we are not going to get a direct hit here - but the orchestra may be tuning up on the aft deck over there.Stay safe!

Those bottles you painted remind me of an old perfume bought years ago at the five and dime store, called 'Evening in paris'. Boy does that date me...What ever happened to that perfume? I loved the bottle. :) I also love the illustrations on/in the book here.

Wahhooo!!! You in thet NYT!!! Also love that painting of blue bottles! AND the Pairs website looks great! :-( Poor Laduree postponing! I thought by now you would have already been-there- done-that. Hopeyou're high and dry.

Oh shallot tartins, You have me thinking -- I was wondering what to make for Tea. Carol, we all love inspiration, Aussie girls , Kiwi girls, NY chickies, and French fillies, I love the idea of this book and it just might add to my collection -x

Love this about Parisians' Paris. I saw a lovely book at the d'Orsay this summer, and ordered it from Amazon (took forever to come). I wished I had bought it in Paris. It's a lovely guide to all the covered passages in Paris--Passage Couverts Parisiens by Jean-Claude Delorme and Anne-Marie Dubois. Another great little book is Wandering Paris with the artist Jill Butler. It's illustrated with charming little watercolors. Ms. Butler also has a sort of illustrated French dictionary (saw it at Anthropologie). There are so many wonderful books about Paris.It was fun to see the Alice in Wonderland window at LaDurée in New York. There seems to be a renewed fondness for the name "Alice" in France at the moment. Two little girls of friends of ours (totally unrelated) " s'appellent Alice." Bonsoir,Peggy